I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up wanting to become an actor at all. I wanted to be a sports trainer and I was actually… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
I arrive at the theatre four hours before the beginning of the performance. I must get accustomed to the hall even if… — Mireille Mathieu Copy Share Image
I always just like to do good stuff, and I'm very, very lucky that I do almost everything. I do theatre, radio,… — Ralph Ineson Copy Share Image
That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad. — Jane Krakowski Copy Share Image
I am honestly very intimidated when I meet new people and they expect me to be the onscreen Vir. On stage, I… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that,… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants… — Nathalie Emmanuel Copy Share Image
Being an actress has the same requirements as being an actor, but it needs more. Fair, reed thin, tall, can lip-synch, can… — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
If I only did TV show, I'd probably not be the happiest girl. I love the show, but I'm an actor and… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician,… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I'm an actor first then an anchor. Had I not been a popular actor, I'd have probably not got the opportunity to… — Karan Wahi Copy Share Image
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. — George Allen Copy Share Image
IMDb publishes the actual dates of birth of thousands of actors without their consent, most of them not celebrities but rank-and-file actors… — Ken Howard Copy Share Image
When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of… — Pawan Kalyan Copy Share Image
Television is so neat; I grew up doing theater, and I've done a bit of film. I know I'm stating the obvious,… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person. — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater. — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious. — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
I'm willing to be representative. I'm just an actor. I'm just playing a role, so even if it is a person I… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared. — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one… — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
Growing up, I really wanted my own theater company, and I really wanted to do theater, so I was consciously pursuing it. — Sarah Goldberg Copy Share Image
I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both… — Lucien Bourjeily Copy Share Image
Dance was always part of my life because I was a dancer and my mother was a dancer, and I love the… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Enjoy the films I do, get entertained, get your money's worth, and when you leave the theatre, leave it all behind! — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater. — Marisa Tomei Copy Share Image
“Fate, the monstrous scene-shifter, was setting the stage for the death of Uncle Fred, the elderly man.” — George Bellairs Copy Share Image
The less people the less drama...Ive really had the most drama free year...i love just minding my business n keeping a small… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I love the theater, I'd love to work in theater at some point, but I grew up with movies being something that… — Anya Taylor-Joy Copy Share Image
The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
